relation

Words with a similar base: relation, relation_back, sexual_relation

'relation'

[relation.n.01] as in: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

'relation'

[sexual_intercourse.n.01] as in: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

'relation'

[relative.n.01] as in: a person related by blood or marriage

Examples:
police are searching for relatives of the deceased
he has distant relations back in New Jersey

'relation'

[relation.n.04] as in: an act of narration

Examples:
he was the hero according to his own relation
his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable

'relation'

[relation_back.n.01] as in: (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time

Examples:
his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed

'relation'

[relation.n.06] as in: (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups

Examples:
international relations

Origins

					relation (English)
└── relacioun (Anglo-Norman)
    └── relacion (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── relationem (Latin)

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